Synopses & Reviews
Your plain-English guide to filing your own returns accurately and on time
Are you dreading tax season? Never fear this bestselling guide takes you through the major tax forms line by line, explaining all the latest filing changes. Financial expert Eric Tyson and tax experts Margaret Munro and David Silverman answer all your tax-preparation questions, offer tax-planning advice, and show you how to legally reduce your taxes!
Ready, set, file assemble the tools you need to prepare your own return, select your filing status, and determine exemptions
Tackle the various forms from 1040EZ to Schedule E, understand how to fill out each form correctly and painlessly
Comprehend all the tax law changes understand child tax benefits, improved Health Savings Accounts, Alternative Minimum Tax changes, small-business perks, mortgage forgiveness debt relief, and more
Negotiate with the IRS decipher an assessment notice, survive an audit, fix common IRS mistakes, and locate missing refunds
Clean up your own errors amend a return, abate penalties or interest, and make the right moves when you can't pay your taxes
Praise for Taxes For Dummies
"The best of these books for tax novices."
Worth magazine
"The most accessible and creative. It's also the best organized."
USA Today
"Will make tax preparation less traumatic."
The Wall Street Journal
"Sound financial advice you can use throughout the year."
The Seattle Times
Open the book and find:
How to itemize your deductions
Hints for keeping good records and staying organized
Smart year-round personal finance and tax advice
Questions to ask a tax advisor
Ways to maximize tax software and e-filing options
How to file if you're self-employed
Tax tips for military families
Tips for reducing your taxes and avoiding penalties
Synopsis
'Taxes 2009 For Dummiesupdates changes in the tax laws for tax year 2008. Taxes 2009 For Dummiescontinues to use its popular hands-on, line-by-line approach that walks taxpayers through each line of the 1040 and its major schedules, explaining how to find needed information, providing handy math tips for puzzling calculations, and ensuring that no line is neglected or misread. '
Synopsis
Updated and revised for the 2008 tax year, "Taxes 2009 For Dummies" walks readers through the major tax forms line by line, including the 1040 Schedules A through E, and is filled with helpful tips and strategies for filing income tax returns accurately and on time.
Synopsis
The one-stop tax guide for the first-time or last-minute filerUpdated and revised for the 2008 tax year, Taxes 2009 For Dummies is the only tax guide on the market that walks readers through the major tax forms line by line, including the 1040 Schedules A through E. Filled with helpful tips and strategies for filing income tax returns accurately and on time, this book is aimed at individuals who want to do their own taxes without hiring a preparer. Financial expert Eric Tyson teams up with tax experts Margaret Munro and David Silverman to answer the most frequently asked tax questions in plain English.
About the Author
Eric Tyson, MBA, is the author of For Dummies guides to personal finance, real estate, and investing, including the million-copy bestseller,
Personal Finance For Dummies.
Margaret A. Munro, EA, is an enrolled agent with decades of experience in handling tax cases and the coauthor of Estate & Trust Administration For Dummies.
David J. Silverman, EA, is a tax advisor.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Part I: Getting Ready to File.
Chapter 1: Understanding the U.S. Tax System.
Chapter 2: Tax Return Preparation Options and Tools.
Chapter 3: Getting and Staying Organized.
Chapter 4: No Form Fits All (Or, What Kind of Taxpayer Are You?).
Part II: Tackling the Various Forms.
Chapter 5: Easy Filing: 1040EZ and 1040A.
Chapter 6: Form 1040: Income Stuff.
Chapter 7: Form 1040, Part II: Adjustments to Income Stuff.
Chapter 8: The Rest of the 1040.
Part III: Filling Out Schedules and Other Forms.
Chapter 9: Itemized Deductions: Schedule A.
Chapter 10: Interest and Dividend Income: Schedule B (1040), Schedule 1 (1040A).
Chapter 11: Business Tax Schedules: C, C-EZ, and F.
Chapter 12: Capital Gains and Losses: Schedule D.
Chapter 13: Supplemental Income and Loss: Schedule E.
Chapter 14: Giving Credits Where Credits Are Due.
Chapter 15: Other Schedules and Forms to File.
Part IV: Audits and Errors: Dealing with the IRS.
Chapter 16: Dreaded Envelopes: IRS Notices, Assessments, and Audits.
Chapter 17: Fixing Mistakes the IRS Makes.
Chapter 18: Fixing Your Own Mistakes.
Part V: Year-Round Tax Planning.
Chapter 19: Tax-Wise Personal Finance Decisions.
Chapter 20: Reducing Taxes with Retirement Accounts.
Chapter 21: Small-Business Tax Planning.
Chapter 22: Your Investments and Taxes.
Chapter 23: Real Estate and Taxes.
Chapter 24: Children and Taxes.
Chapter 25: Estate Planning.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 26: Ten Tips for Reducing Your Chances of Being Audited.
Chapter 27: Ten Overlooked Tax-Reduction OpportunitiesChapter 28: Ten Tax Tips for Military Families.
Chapter 29: Ten Interview Questions for Tax Advisors.
Glossary.
Index.